MediaRecorder: resume event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2021.

The resume event of the MediaRecorder interface is fired when MediaRecorder.resume() is called.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("resume", (event) => { })

onresume = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Example

js
pause.onclick = () => {
  if (MediaRecorder.state === "recording") {
    mediaRecorder.pause();
    // recording paused
  } else if (MediaRecorder.state === "paused") {
    mediaRecorder.resume();
    // resume recording
  }
};

mediaRecorder.onpause = () => {
  // do something in response to
  // recording being paused
};

mediaRecorder.onresume = () => {
  // do something in response to
  // recording being resumed
};

Specifications

Specification
MediaStream Recording
# dom-mediarecorder-onresume

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
resume event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 49 (Release date: 2016-03-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 65 (Release date: 2019-01-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 65 (Release date: 2019-01-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also